Drugs come in various dosage forms, including solids, liquids, semisolids, or aerosols.
These formulations deliver drugs at the site of action, triggering …
Plasma drug levels, plotted at regular intervals, help track its time course in the body.
For instance, consider a plot after a single oral dose. The drug …
Drug concentration represents the drug amount present in a biological sample. It helps assess the initial drug pharmacokinetics in the body.
The samples …
Mathematical expressions help understand pharmacokinetic parameters by using equations to describe the relationships between different variables.
For …
Pharmacokinetic models incorporate reaction order and rate to comprehend processes such as drug absorption and elimination.
In pharmacokinetics, the rate …
Traditional pharmacokinetic methods involve taking multiple samples from a few individuals and estimating pharmacokinetic parameters.
Despite their common …
Pharmacodynamics is the scientific study that explores the biochemical, cellular, and physiological effects of drugs on the body.
Most drug effects result …
Drug design involves discovering new medications based on specific biological targets. It relies on structure-activity relationships, SAR, or quantitative …
Drug control governance involves global regulatory bodies that standardize and control the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals, as well as prevent …
The recently introduced microphysiological systems (MPS) cultivating human organoids are expected to perform better than animals in the preclinical tests …
Dry powder inhalers offer numerous advantages for delivering drugs to the lungs, including stable solid-state drug formulations, device portability, bolus …